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How can Tim Griffin play both sides of pipeline question
U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin finds himself in an increasingly untenable position on pipelines.He darn near ran for re-election on pipelines, using every opportunity to depict himself in a yard full of...
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Friday and Saturday To-Do: The Main Thing's 'Wiener Day at the Rollercade'
THE MAIN THING: 'WIENER DAY AT THE ROLLERCADE'8 p.m. The Joint. $20.Anybody who digs giggles, chortles, chuckles, titters, yukkety-yuk-yuks, and/or laughs will probably want to go ahead and get on down...
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Thursday: Taste of the Rock, The Sound of the Mountain and more
It's time once more for Live at Laman, this month featuring Michael Carenbauer and Friends, Laman Library, 7 p.m., free. Taste of the Rock 2013 features food and drinks from 34 area vendors, River...
View ArticleProsecutor to review shooting for possible charges
New information on a shootinglate Tuesday night on Black Jack Court in Southwest Little Rock. The police report, based on witness accounts, identified a suspect who shot Kelshawn Mouton. Mouton...
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Friday To-Do: Ola Podrida
OLA PODRIDA8 p.m. Vino's.UPDATE: Just got word that this show has been canceled because of the death of a close friend of the band.Ola Podrida is the brainchild of one David Wingo, a musician and film...
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Friday and Saturday To-Do: Arkansas Delta Rockabilly Festival
ARKANSAS DELTA ROCKABILLY FESTIVAL3 p.m. Downtown Helena. $30.All right rockabilly lovers, check it: They're gonna be havin' a party over in Helena, and they invited Wanda Jackson, who probably needs...
View ArticleFormer UAMS CFO reportedly out at new job
Melony Goodhand, who left as chief financial officer and vice chancellor after nine years at UAMS, is apparently no longer chief operating officer at Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center, a job she...
View ArticleDavid Stewart to fill Fayetteville judge seat
David Stewart, retired director of the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission and a former municipal judge in Little Rock, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to serve as Washington...
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Friday: Swampbird album release show and more
Whiskey-soaked Arkansas rockers Swampbird will play an 18-and-older album release show with Open Fields, Stickyz, 9 p.m., $6. The band's album is called "On Being Alone."Cornerstone Pub and Grill has...
View ArticleTwo-year-old dies from handgun shot to head
From Texas, another accidental death (link corrected) of a child from a handgun in a house.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Block that cliche: Beebe on the 2014 race for governor
Channel 4 has posted an interview with Gov. Mike Beebe on the race to succeed him in 2014: Variously, he said:* It will be a "donnybrook."* It will be a "dogfight."* It will be a good opportunity for...
View ArticleMcDaniel announces air test results in Mayflower oil spill homes
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced results of air tests in 14 homes in Mayflower in the area of spill of Canadian tar sands crude from the ruptured ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline.He said air...
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Huge differences in hospital charges, CMS finds
How is it possible that a major and small bowel procedure at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs costs on average $333,470, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but only...
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Praying over gubernatorial candidacy
Yes, please.Hobbs is a Republican backbencher who drew legislative notice mostly for negative reasons. She hated the idea of providing continuing state help to cover the costs of tests for people...
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Thursday roundup: Football, junkets, schools, prayer
Over to you early. Finishing up:* PRIORITIES: Great graphic from Deadspin with a story on the highest paid public employee in each of the states. Arkansas, like many others, puts the football coach in...
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Jeff Nichols' next feature will be 'Midnight Special' for Warner Bros.
According to this item in Deadline Hollywood, Arkansas native Jeff Nichols will direct an upcoming feature for Warner Bros."Midnight Special,"written by Nichols, will star the young director's muse,...
View ArticleNews updates: Mayoral pay, change at Rockefeller Institute
Couple of late-arriving news items:* MAYOR STODOLA DESERVES MORE MONEY TOO: The Little Rock City Board has begun discussing, at the mayor's suggestion, a pay raise for directors, who've made $12,000...
View ArticleMorning report: Gambling pays
Some odds and ends to start the morning. I'll be traveling today — extra baggage on a law school reunion trip to Charlottesville — so posting will be reduced.* A WINNING WAGER: Channel 4 provides a...
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Food Feedback Friday: dumplings, buns, and benedicts
It’s Friday folks, which means it’s time, once again, for everyone’s favorite food forum, the greatest place for gastro-gab in all of Arkansas—Food Feedback Friday. Last, week was a very busy food week...
View ArticleLRPD News: Homicide, traffic death
News from Sgt. Cassandra Davis of Little Rock police:* HOMICIDE (12th of the year in LR):Police are currently working a homicide that occurred at 5:10 this morning. Officers were called to a shooting...
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